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Ten months after the October 2021 parliamentary elections, Iraq is still mired in a political impasse that turned deadly Monday after Moqtada al-Sadr announced his resignation from politics. Supporters of the powerful cleric clashed with followers of rival Shiite parties, plunging Iraq into a crisis that could draw in regional…

Kabul (AFP) - The damage inflicted by a United States drone that killed 10 members of Aimal Ahmadi's family in the Afghan capital can still be seen in the courtyard of his home a year after the strike.

Almost half the population of Afghanistan are facing hunger

Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) - An Iraqi museum is using computer technology and virtual reality headsets to turn back time, so visitors can explore heritage sites destroyed by jihadist fighters and in battles to defeat them.

U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish security forces have launched a new operation targeting Islamic State sleeper cells in a large northeastern detention camp where violence has reached record levels.

Iraq’s caretaker prime minister has warned that the political crisis in the country is threatening security achievements made in past years

The court heard the material glorified fighters from the so-called Islamic State terror group

It has been described as an 'extremely serious offence'

Deadly skirmishes have been on the rise in recent days between U.S. forces and Iran-aligned militias in Syria's oil-rich east, where both have carved out strategic footholds.

Beirut (AFP) - Two US air strikes in as many days this week on groups in Syria allegedly backed by Iran have raised questions about the actors involved and the tensions stoking the flare-up.

Beirut (AFP) - After Washington's latest attacks, AFP unpacks the deployments in a porous border region where the US and its Iran-backed rivals operate in close proximity.